Arunachal East MP Tapir Gao has sought the report of 1962 Indo-China war. During Zero Hour discussion on Wednesday, Gao demanded that the reports of Lt General Henderson Brooks and Brigadier General O Singh Bhagat be placed before the parliament. The Arunachal East MP pointed out that even after 58 years, the report has not […]

Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi took oath as Rajya Sabha member on Thursday in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Assam chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Health and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma also attended the oath-taking ceremony. However, several members of the Congress, who criticised his […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi On Wednesday took to Twitter to thank people for their suggestions and unique solutions to fight the novel coronavirus in the country. Prime Minister Modi on Tuesday called upon the innovative researchers, engineers, and technology lovers to come up with unique solutions. Prime Minister Modi had tweeted, “Harnessing innovation for a […]

Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday reviewed the preparedness at the Lokpriyo Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport amidst the growing coronavirus scare. Accompanied by top officials of the state health department, the health minister looked into every aspect of the measures taken up for screening of passengers.

All three candidates for the three Rajya Sabha seats in Assam have been elected to the Upper House of the Parliament unopposed. BJP candidate for the first seat from Assam Bhubaneshwar Kalita, BPF candidate for second seat Biswajit Daimary and Congress-AIUDF candidate for the third seat Ajit Kumar Bhuyan have been elected to the Rajya […]

As many as 14 persons, including women have been arrested by the Aizawl Police in Mizoram for allegedly spreading fake news on the spread of COVID-19 in social media. This was informed exclusively to Northeast Live by Inspector General of Mizoram Police, L Shanliana. The Mizoram IGP said that these 14 persons were arrested late […]

A huge cache of arms and ammunition including explosives, grenades and detonators were recovered by a joint team of Assam police and the army on Wednesday, during a joint operation launched by the team in Leopani Nala and Ultapani Nala in Kokrajhar district along the India-Bhutan border following a tip-off received from reliable sources. The […]

An Indian Army jawan in Ladakh was tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday and has been put in an isolation ward at a hospital in Ladakh. According to sources from the army the case is the first positive case of coronavirus in the Indian Army. The soldier is from the Ladakh Scouts, an infantry regiment […]

Amidst the coronavirus scare, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has cancelled several trains in the region from March 20 to March 31. Among the cancelled trains are Guwahati-Dibrugarh Express, Shatabdi Express, Naharlagun-Rangiya-Guwahati express and Murkongselek-Dibrugarh Passenger express among others. The railways have also seen a 60 percent reduction in the bookings for trains with long […]

The National Restaurants Association of India (NRAI) has sent out an advisory to shut down restaurant operations from Wednesday till the end of March, in the wake of the worsening COVID-19 situation. The decision was taken keeping in mind the serious health risks to lakhs of employees as well as the millions of patrons in […]